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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• gentleman:
    1. I. A man of good family:
      1. 1. (homo) gĕnĕrōsus: v. generous (I.).
      2. 2. (homo) līber, ingĕnuus (every free citizen being in ancient states a gentleman): I don't think it the part of a g. at all, neutiquam officium liberi esse hominis puto, Ter. Andr. 2, 1, 30: a young g., liber adolescens, id. Eun. 3, 2, 24: a free-born g., and educated as such, homo ingenuus et liberaliter educatus, Cic. Fin. 3, 17, 57.
      3. 3. (hŏmo) nōbĭlis (of the class of nobiles): the culture proper to a [high-born] g., omnis [liberalis et] digna homine n. doctrina, Cic. Acad. 2, init.
      4. 4. (homo, vir) hŏnestus (of honourable station): a number of young gentlemen, complures adolescentes honesti, Caes. B. C. 1, 51: cf. Cic. Mur. 36, 75, honestus homo et nobilis (but the adj. denotes the enjoyment of some distinction). Phr.: the accomplishments of gentlemen, artes quibus liberales doctrinae atque ingenuae continentur, Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 127.
    2. II. A well-bred man: (homo) lībĕrālis (the adj. liberalis denoting what is becoming a free citizen): to act the part of a g., l. viri officium fungi, Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 18: a g. by education if not by birth, *si minus honesto loco ortus, attamen omni liberali doctrina atque humanitate instructus: v. supr. (I.).
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• GENTLEMAN
  • With reference to birth, ingenuus: honesto loco natus (of good birth). To be brought up as a gentleman, ingenue educari. A simple gentleman, nihil ultra quam ingenuus (Liv., 8, 10). A gentleman by birth, honestis parentibus or honesto loco natus.
  • With reference to breeding and sentiment, homo ingenuus et liberaliter educatus: educatus ingenue: vir humanitate politus. ☞ The word being used vaguely, according to the speaker’s view of the gentlemanly character, must be translated with reference to the particular quality implied; vir liberalis: bonus, fortis, magno animo praeditus (all Cic., Rep., 1, 5, of persons), probus, etc. (Anybody is) no gentleman, homo politioris humanitatis expers. A gentleman ought to, etc., est hominis ingenui, liberaliter educati, with infinitive, etc. (Cic.). The education of a gentleman, liberales disciplinae (Quint., 12, 7, 8). A young gentleman, puer (adolescens, etc.) ingenuus, or honesto loco natus: to play the fine gentleman, valde jam lautum esse: you are a fine gentleman forsooth, not to condescend to write to me, valde jam lautus es, qui gravere litteras ad me dare (Cic., Fam., 7, 14, 1).